---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001476765-23-000025"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GBDC"
cik: "0001476765"
company_name: "GOLUB CAPITAL BDC, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-02-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T20:03:49.894024+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Golub Capital BDC stockholders re-elect directors and ratify Ernst & Young as auditor at annual meeting

## Summary
- David B. Golub re-elected with 56,348,753 votes for, 12,450,190 against; Anita J. Rival with 52,792,073 for, 15,980,390 against.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as auditor for FY 2023 passed with 113,161,643 votes for, 1,870,957 against, 1,380,959 abstain.
- Annual meeting held February 7, 2023; 170,895,670 shares outstanding on record date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001476765-23-000025
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GBDC
- cik: 0001476765
- company_name: GOLUB CAPITAL BDC, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-02-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476765/000147676523000025/0001476765-23-000025-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476765/000147676523000025/gbdc-20230207.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  GOLUB CAPITAL BDC, Inc. shareholders approved To elect two Class I directors of the Company who will each serve until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. at the 2023-02-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-07
  source text: Name Votes For Votes Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote David B. Golub 56,348,753 12,450,190 246,033 47,368,583 Anita J. Rival 52,792,073 15,980,390 272,513 47,368,583
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476765/000147676523000025/0001476765-23-000025-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  GOLUB CAPITAL BDC, Inc. shareholders approved To ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023. at the 2023-02-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-07
  source text: Votes for Votes Against Abstain 113,161,643 1,870,957 1,380,959
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476765/000147676523000025/0001476765-23-000025-index.htm

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